Two-Dollar Bettor
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 Windsor and Litel in Two-Dollar Bettor |
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| Directed by | Edward L. Cahn |
| Produced by | Edward L. Cahn |
| Starring | Steve Brodie Marie Windsor |
| Cinematography | Charles Van Enger |
| Distributed by | Realart Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  August, 1951 |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Two Dollar Bettor is a 1951 black-and-white film. It is both a camp morality story and B-movie film noir.
[edit] Plot
A middle-aged man who places a two-dollar bet on a horse at the track and wins. The widower with two teenaged daughters becomes hooked on gambling and within a week he begins cashing in his life savings to pay off his bookie. To make matters worse, he's being grifted by a beautiful con woman and her husband for thousands of dollars. To try to get even, the man begins betting on long shots.
[edit] Cast
- Steve Brodie as Rick Bowers, alias Rick Slate
- Marie Windsor as Mary Slate
- John Litel as John Hewitt alias John Ramsey
Former Little Rascals star Carl Switzer (Alfalfa) is also in the film.
[edit] External links
- Two-Dollar Bettor at the Internet Movie Database
- Two-Dollar Bettor is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
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